Whenever a major political scandal erupts before an election and voters blame the scandal on all parties about equally, virtually all incumbents, from whatever party, seeking reelection are returned to office. However, when voters blame such a scandal on only one party, incumbents from that party are likely to be defeated by challengers from other parties. The proportion of incumbents who seek reelection is high and remarkably constant from election to election.
If the voters' reactions are guided by a principle, which one of the following principles would best account for the contrast in reactions described above?
解释矛盾。 A should be the same 不可能,排除 B judgment is more accurate,无道理排除 C Incumbents而非voters的principles. D always be ,太绝对,排除 E 解释矛盾,正确。
第一部分:当political scandal爆发,voters blame the scandal on all parties,incumbents选择reelection的结果是returned to office。 第二部分:当political scandal爆发,voters blame such a scandal on only one party,incumbents选择reelection的结果是 be defeated by challengers。
原因是答案E: When major political scandals are less the responsibility of individual incumbents than of the parties to which they belong, whatever party was responsible must be penalized when possible.